My primers are not going deep enough ? plz help

Will they set flat or do they rock on the protruding primer? If they rock around on the primer then I would pull the bullets and dump the powder. Load and fire the primed empty shells with caution. Or you could just chuck them.
 
While I don't doubt those who have used primer pocket uniformers, I can't get over feeling that the time I used them that they not only deepened the pocket as I needed but opened up the diameter as well, something that isn't wanted. Perhaps just my experience, perhaps wrong. Don
 
I would just buy a cheap bullet pulling hammer and unload them. I press out
the primers on the press all the time. I just wear goggles for eye protection
instead of safety glasses. Unloading rounds is just part of reloading. Why
burn bullets and powder that don't shoot well. I also buy (cheaply) old reloads
at gun shows and break them down just to get the brass and bullet. One last
thing, put a small rag in the bottom of the hammer well to protect the bullet
tip.
 
i would not shoot them. i personally would just de-prime'em and then soak'em in some lite oil to make them inert and discard safely. if it was me,i would try another brand of primer (federals are my favorite)and see if your problem goes away. if the primer cups are still "high", then i would measure the depth of the flash-hole of that brand of brass. compare it to another manufacturer either in same chambering or just another large flash-hole. oh yeah,the reason i would not fire them.....if they are high enuf to be a safety issue,i would be concerned that they mite detonate while rotating the bolt to "lock" position....before the lugs get fully engaged. the drag on the cup from the boltface mite just be enuf for detonation. unlikely,but hey,why be "ole one-eye".
 
I've read a little above this, here is what I've found when reloading brand new brass verses brass shot at least once.

brand new brass
when I use brand new, never shot brass for what ever caliber, .243, .45 colt, 9mm, it seems what ever process they use to either shine up the brass or make the brass, there's just enough build up of shine to get in the way of a 'right' fit for primers, a good scrubbing w/ a primer pocket brush takes care of this.

Brass shot, at least once, has had the pockets worn in. Some cases and primers seem to be tighter some looser.
I've got some FP cases and winchester primers and it's easy to load in the primers, but windhester cases and whinchester primers, it's tighter / stiffer to load the primers. (shrugs)


Presses. I've used a RCBS turret press and a dillon 650 press. my .243 is on the rcbs turret press.

I dont use the press to prime my rifle cases, as it does not always seem to me to be quite deep enough or right.
So I like the Lee auto prime. It's a hand loading press / thing that you put your primers onto a trey, it's got a cover, and you press in the primers by hand.

It slows down the process but you can 'feel' very accurately how deep you need to go with your primers. oh, cost is around 20 bucks.

Now on the other hand, for my rifle cases I always brush out the pockets. but for my pistol cases (45 colt, 9mm, 38/357) I usually dont bother brushing out the pockets, after all I'm just target shooting. but for hunting and accuracy, clean them out.

hope this helps.

Stevedinaz
 
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